Jersey trailer: Shahid Kapoor revisits forgotten cricketing dreams to fight for respect and family

Shahid Kapoor is ready revisit forgotten dreams as a man dismissed by society. The trailer of Shahid Kapoor’s long awaited Jersey is out now and after Kabir Singh it looks like Shahid is ready to deliver another blockbuster performance. The actor plays a family who has left his cricketing days behind him and along with it his happiness. A Hindi remake of Nani’s acclaimed Telugu film by the same name, Shahid’s film is about broken dreams, fatherhood, undying passion, and a battle for respect.

The trailer of Jersey opens with Shahid trying to put together Rs. 500 to be able to get his son a new Jersey on his birthday. Being dependent on his wife who refuses him the money, he goes around asking everyone he knows and in his desperation comes face to faces with his past as a cricketer who abandoned the game a decade ago and now has another opportunity to prove himself by getting back into the stadium.

Shahid promises an earnest performance as a father who doesn’t want his son to lose faith in him, however, we can’t wait to see more of his cricket training pays off in the heart of this emotional story. Jersey also stars Pankaj Kapur, Mrunal Thakur and has been directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri who helmed the original film starring Nani.

Jersey also marks the re-entry of Allu Aravind into Bollywood who had last produced the Aamir Khan blockbuster Ghajini. He will also be bank rolling Kartik Aaryan's Shehzaada next.